Microphone holder



April 19, 1949.

R. L. HUFF MICROPHONE HOLDER Filed March 5, 1945 Patented Apr. 19, 1949 MICROPHONE HOLDER Roy L. Huff, Eatontown, N. J., assignor to the United States of America as Secretary of War represented by the Application March 5, 1945, Serial No. 581,011

2 Claims.

(Cl. 179- 14.6)' (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Governmentfor governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to microphone holders and more particularly to holders designed for mounting in portable equipment.

It has been the practice in the past to suspend hand-type microphones from a hook affixed to a vertical support such as the inside wall of a cabinet for housing portable transmitting equipment.

The above arrangement was satisfactory as long as the equipment was not being moved about. However, movement of the equipment for various reasons, would invariably dislodge the microphone with resulting damage to same.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a holding device which will retain a microphone rigid but still permit the immediate removal of said microphone from the holding device.

This and other objects will be apparent from the context of the specification and the attached drawing.

Reference is therefor had to the following drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of the invention showing a broken section of the felt ring through which can be seen the manner of alfixing the fingerlike spring holder.

Figure 2 is a partial cross section nd side elevation showing the manner in which the fingerlike spring holders are mounted within the invention.

Figure 3 is a pictorial view of a microphone mounted within the invention, the broken lines indicating the position of the finger-like spring holders with reference to said microphone.

Referring now more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, the invention comprises a cup-like member l having a rolled edge I6, the said rolled edge being reinforced and stiffened by the inclusion therein of annular wire member I1.

Within the cup-like member I!) and to the bottom thereof are riveted three finger-like members ll, [2, and [3 made of fiat springy material which serve to maintain microphone within the confines of cupped member ID. The material of the fingers ll, l2 and [3 should be such that when deformed by placing the microphone within their grasp, will not take a permanent set.

Finger member H is positioned diametrically above apertures l8. The placement of finger member II is such that its position in relation to the inside edge of member ID opposite to said.

finger represents a distance which would make a snug fit for microphone 20.

The other finger members I 2, l3 are positioned radially the same distance as finger I l but spaced from said finger II by an arc of either side of said finger ll.

Cemented within and at the bottom of member ID is a felt ring I4. The felt ring I4 also covers the base of the fingers H, I2 and i3 and by these means protects the face of the microphone from injury by rivets I5 which fasten the fingers ll, l2 and [3 to the cupped member Ill.

Referring to Figure 3, the cupped member l0 is fastened to a vertical support 2| such as the inside of a cabinet for housing the equipment, in conjunction with which the microphone 20 is used. The cupped member [0 is fastened to the supporting member 2| with bolts 19 placed thru apertures I 8 provided in the bottom of the cupped member ll] as heretofore described.

Thus it can be readily observed from the drawing the manner in which the microphone 20 is retained securely in position by the fingers l I, I2 and I3 and by these means inhibiting motion of said microphone. Yet, withall, the microphone 20 is instantly availabl for use by a slight pull on the handle of same.

While there has been described what is at present considered the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the invention, and it is, therefore aimed in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A microphone holder comprising a cup-like member including a cylindrical wall of greater diameter than a microphone to be used therewith and a circular base wall at one end thereof and provided with a rolled edge about the rim of the other end of the cylindrical wall, at least three spring fingers, each of which is positioned at least partly within said cup-like member, said fingers, when in their operative positions, being so disposed relative to one portion of said cylindrical wall that the said fingers and said portion are along the periphery of a circle of substantially the same size as said microphone, one of said fingers diametrically opposing said portion and the other two fingers being on opposite sides of said first finger and each being angularly removed from said first finger by substantially 7 0, so that said microphone may be resiliently gripped between said three fingers and said portion, each of said fingers being provided with an inclined surface against which the microphone slides while being inserted into saida gripped .position and a second inclinedsurfacegagainstwhich, the-micro"- phone slides while being withdrawn from said gripped position, and a pad of resilient material secured to said base wall against which the microphone rests when in its said gripped position. l

2. A microphone holder omprisingsa cup-like member including a cylindrical ,ivall and a base wall at one end thereof and provided with a rolled edge about the rim of the other end of the cylindrical wall, spring finger means-at-- least partly within said cup-like member and opposing one portion of said cylindrical wall so that a microphone may be resiliently gripped-betweensaid spring finger means and said portion of the cylindrical wall, said finger means being provided with an inclined surface against which a microphone slides while being inserted into said gripped posi= tion and a second inclined surface against which the microphone slides while being withdrawn from said gripped position, and a pad of resilient material secured to said base wall against which the ,microphone rests when in its said gripped pbSltibn;

ROY L. HUFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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